Finance Assistant | Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2025 |
| Location: | Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE27 0QJ |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7642949/319-7642949JN |
Summary
The post holder will provide support to the team through various admin-based tasks and assist with financial queries, whilst providing high standards of customer service.
The role requires a good level of communication and willingness to learn. The individual will therefore need to be able to work as part of a team and alone whilst working on various tasks and projects.
· Assist with processing financial transactions
· Perform computer data entry
· Assist with the management of financial data
· Provide general administrative support to the finance department, including filing, organising documents, and responding to daily requests
· Meet and work with team members to contribute to the smooth running of the finance department
· Learn to assist with creating basic financial reports as requested.
· Participate in training opportunities and professional development activities to enhance your knowledge and skills
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
• Will carry out the role of a Finance Assistant in the Financial Services Commercial team.
• Responsible for inputting,checkingand processingfinancialinformationusing Finance systemssuch as Oracle,NXGandLegasys,completing routine financial transactionsin accordance withprocedures.
• Handlesroutinequeriesvia both email and telephonefrom staff,customers,suppliers,and patients,investigatingasneededto ensure issues are addressed ina timelyand effective manner,for instance, resolving customer payment issues; effectively handling accounts receivable or accounts payable invoice queries.
• Responsible for openingFinancial Servicesinternal and external postdaily,scanning,storingelectronically anddirectingittothe relevant Team member to action.
• Understandsthe importanceoftheir contributiontotimelyandaccurateinvoice processing makes to theTeamskey performance indicators of supplier paymenton timeand aged debt,ensuringboth customer service and Trust cash flow aremaintained.
• Participatesin any mandatory,statutory or development trainingasrequired.
• Shows a flexible approach to othertasksasrequiredto meet theTeam or Department's needs.
This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025